Can’t make it to Busch Stadium like UMSL students (from left) Courtney Henrichsen, Lindsey Laird, Nicole Vickers, Michael Weaver and Austin Culbertson? There are plenty of broadcast options for postseason Cardinals baseball. But expect delays. (Photo by August Jennewein)

As it turns out, that lack of harmony has less to do with science than the stations intentionally delaying the programming.

“All (broadcast) waves travel at the speed of light, so the delay is in the electronics,” Feldman told St. Louis Magazine. “The speed of light is 186,000 miles a second, so a distance of 15,000 miles would just take a tenth of a second. Most of the delay would not be due to transmission.”